Thermodynamic analysis of the phase separation in polyetherimide-modified epoxies
β Scribed by C. C. Riccardi; J. Borrajo; R. J. J. Williams; E. Girard-Reydet; H. Sautereau; J. P. Pascault
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 639 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-6266
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The miscibility of polyetherimides (PEIs) with epoxy monomers based on diglycidylether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA), and with reactive mixtures based on stoichiometric amounts of DGEBA and a n aromatic diamine (DA) {either 4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone (DDS) or 4,4'methylenebis[3-chloro 2,6-diethylaniline] (MCDEA)}; was experimentally studied. Cloudpoint curves (temperature vs. composition) are reported for PEI-DGEBA and PEI-DGEBA-DA initial mixtures. Cloud-point conversions are reported for the reactive mixtures, for various PEI amounts and polycondensation temperatures. A thermodynamic model based on the Flory-Huggins-Staverman approach, taking polydispersity of both components into account, was used to analyze the experimental information. A single relationship between the interaction parameter and temperature, X( T), could fit experimental results of mixtures of two commercial PEIs with DGEBA. The addition of DDS led to a decrease in miscibility whereas MCDEA improved the initial miscibility. In both cases, the interaction parameter decreased with conversion, meaning that PEI was more compatible with oligomeric species than with the mixture of starting monomers. The phase separation process in initially miscible rubberor thermoplastic-modified thermosetting polymers is the result of two factors: increase in the average molar size of the thermosetting oligomer (main driving force favoring demixing), and variation of the interaction parameter with conversion, which may act to increase or decrease the cloud-point conversion determined by the first factor.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract The results of timeβresolved light scattering for the phase separation of epoxy/polyetherimide/anhydride blends show that the evolution of scattering vector __q~m~__ follows a Maxwellβtype relaxation equation. The relaxation time may be suggested as the time taken for the diffusion of t
## Abstract **Summary:** A model system, consisting of a linear polymer dissolved in a bifunctional monomer/coβmonomer solvent, was selected to test the applicability of the FloryβHuggins (FH) theory in the absence of the usual assumptions present in the analysis of modified thermosetting polymers.